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Patented .lune 5, 1923.

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BENJAMIN F. SPARLING, F NIONVILLE, NEW YORK.

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Application filed April 13, 1922.

T0 all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN F. SPAR- LING, a citizen of the UnitedStates residing at Unionville, in the county of Grange and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Splice; andI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled l0 inthe art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a method and means of splicing wires or otherstrand inaterial.

One important object is to provide a novel means whereby a corrugated orsinuous splicing element may have the wires or elements to be splicedwoven about the same and each other.

Another important object is to provide the said sinuous element withterminal hooks to serve as abutments for coiled terminals to abut thewires or strands in order to resist separation thereof.

Additional objects and advantages will become apparent from aconsideration of the description following taken in eonneetion withaccompanying drawings illustrating one practical embodiment.

In said drawing Figure 1 is a plan view illustrating wire strandsspliced in accordance with my invention;

Fig. 2is a side elevation of the parts of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the splicing element alone.

Like reference characters designate like or similar parts in thedifferent views.

Referring specically to the drawings, metallic wires or other flexiblestrand 1naterials adapted to be spliced have sections or strands thereofrepresented at 10. 'Io splice said strands in accordance with myinvention, a splicing element is shown at 11 which is preferablycorrugated or sinuous and provided with terminal hooks arranged inplanes transversely of the splicing element as at 12. The particularshape Serial No. 552,366.

of the splicing element provides loops particularly designated 13. Insplicing the strands 10, they are passed through the hooks 12 andinterwoven as shown about the loops 13, and the strands at the loops 13being interwoven together. Thereafter the terminals of the strands 10are coiled and clinched against the companion strand as at 14, beyondthe splicing element 11 and preferably against the hooks 12.

As a result of the construction and method described, the strands arenot only interwoven together but are also interwoven about a thirdmedium, particularly the splicing element 11. In addition the coactionbetween the hooks 12 and the coils 14 serves 65 to minimizeseparatingmovement of the strands.

Attention is called to the fact that the splicing of strands inaccordance with my invention does not necessitate the use of specialtools, being readily accomplished by the use of an ordinary pair ofpliers.

As merely one practical embodiment has been illustrated and described,it is to be understood that changes in the details may be resorted toprovided they fall within the spirit and scope of the invention.

I-Iaving thus described the invention, what I claim is 1. In combinationwith strands, a splicing element of sinuous shape, said strands beinginterwoven with said splicing element and with each other,.and saidstrands being secured together.

2. In combination with strands, a splicing element. of sinuous shape,said strands being interwoven with said splicing element and with eachother, said splicing element having terminal hooks to engage thestrands, and each strand being secured about the other strand beyond thesplicing element for abutment against said hooks.

In testimony whereof I aliix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

BENJAMIN F. SPARLING.

I/Vitnesses:

ARNOTT R. HEMAUER, FRED. L. MARTIN.

